Hannah Kent

Hannah Kent (born 1985) is an Australian novelist specializing in historical fiction, best known for her debut novel Burial Rites (2013), an international bestseller shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and winner of multiple awards including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year. Her subsequent works include The Good People (2016), Devotion (2021), and the memoir Always Home, Always Homesick (2025), with Burial Rites and Devotion earning further literary accolades and adaptations. Hannah Kent official site, BookBrowse